LIVE from the NYPL

picadorbookroom: “Go for broke. Always try and do too much....

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:40:32 -0400

“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things—childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves—that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers.” ―Salman Rushdie

Happy Birthday, Mr. Rushdie!

Happy birthday to Mr. Rushdie, a close friend of LIVE @ NYPL over the years.

Famous Authors' Comic Inscriptions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:07:41 -0400

penamerican:

http://flavorwire.com/395039/famous-authors-funniest-inscriptions-in-their-books/10

“Reading can be a refuge from other...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:23:50 -0400

“Reading can be a refuge from other people.”

Artist-in-residence Flash Rosenberg’s artistic expression of the words of psychoanalyst Adam Phillips.

Mike Stilkey's Book Sculptures

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:50:00 -0400

Mike Stilkey's Book Sculptures:

Original artwork by Mike Stilkey, including book sculptures, installations, paintings and ink drawings.

California artist Mike Stilkey has created an astounding set of “book sculptures” that reflect the versatility of book as art.

On June 13, LIVE from the NYPL’s Spring 2013 season closes with...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:08:02 -0400

On June 13, LIVE from the NYPL’s Spring 2013 season closes with a powerful final installment. Liao Yiwu and his translator Wenguang Huang will join Paul Holdengräber for a conversation about poetry, protest and prison in honor of the English-language release of Liao’s memoir, For A Song and A Hundred Songs, which The Daily Beast calls “one of the most important documents of political imprisonment and torture about China ever written.”

Liao Yiwu will also play music on the xiao (Chinese flute) and read his poem “Massacre” - the work that lead to his arrest in China - when he takes the stage next week. Purchase tickets here.

Check out Slate’s ‘The Prisoner and the Communist Daughter’ written about our June...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:36:25 -0400

Check out Slate’s ‘The Prisoner and the Communist Daughter’ written about our June 13th guest Liao Yiwu!

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/06/liao_yiwu_s_prison_memoir_for_a_song_and_a_hundred_songs_reviewed.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=sm&utm_campaign=button_toolbar

LIVE from the NYPL will be celebrating Federico García Lorca’s...

Fri, 31 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

LIVE from the NYPL will be celebrating Federico García Lorca’s life and legacy on June 4, the day before what would have been the Spanish poet and playwright’s 115th birthday. The program features poetry and performances from a powerhouse lineup of guests, including John Giorno, Will Keen and María Fernández Ache, Philip Levine, Christopher Maurer, Paul Muldoon, Patti Smith, and Tracy K. Smith.

So if you want to see not one, not two, but three Pulitzer Prize-winning poets plus Patti Smith plus other renowned guests all in one night, grab your tickets for Tuesday’s event here.

And be sure to check out NYPL’s exhibition “Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca / Poet In New York,” which includes the original Poet In New York manuscript, and other events happening throughout the city as part of Lorca in New York: A Celebration.

theparisreview: Writes filmmaker Tom Bean, “George and Robert...

Thu, 30 May 2013 11:22:04 -0400

theparisreview:

Writes filmmaker Tom Bean, “George and Robert Kennedy were close friends for many years, and their relationship weaves into George’s story in interesting ways. Bobby had encouraged George to marry his first wife, Freddy, while they were all traveling on the ’68 presidential campaign together (George was making appearances and speeches on behalf of the campaign). Later, when Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, George dove on the attacker and helped disarm him. We spoke with Robert Kennedy Jr. about his memories of George’s relationship with his parents, and I think he perfectly articulated George’s love of adventure and his whole-hearted embrace of life.”

Plimpton! is playing at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center.

Check out Patti Smith LIVE from the NYPL June 4 in our tribute...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:27:40 -0400

Check out Patti Smith LIVE from the NYPL June 4 in our tribute to Federico García Lorca! More information and tickets available at http://on.nypl.org/12Qvc5N

Matthew Barney in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber, LIVE from the NYPL tomorrow night! Tickets...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:35:00 -0400

Matthew Barney in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber, LIVE from the NYPL tomorrow night! Tickets available here: http://ow.ly/l8lVc

Matthew Barney and Paul Holdengraber LIVE from the NYPL May 21st...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:27:44 -0400

Matthew Barney and Paul Holdengraber LIVE from the NYPL May 21st at 7pm! Get your tickets here!

Daniel Dennett and Jim Holt on a tour of the NYPL before their...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:33:46 -0400

Daniel Dennett and Jim Holt on a tour of the NYPL before their LIVE show this past Wednesday! Check out more LIVE shows here

What caused @danieldennett to write Breaking the Spell? He told @pointofinquiry back in...

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:48:28 -0400

What caused @danieldennett to write Breaking the Spell? He told @pointofinquiry back in 2011 http://bit.ly/Yq2rOE Dennett’s here on Wed http://on.nypl.org/QYJ22G

From the @edge archives, video of Daniel Dennett’s “The Normal Well-Tempered...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:15:04 -0400

From the @edge archives, video of Daniel Dennett’s “The Normal Well-Tempered Mind” http://bit.ly/17AdSUw Catch Dennett LIVE on 5/8 http://on.nypl.org/QYJ22G

A great photo of William Gibson from LIVE at the NYPL! Check out...

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:49:58 -0400

A great photo of William Gibson from LIVE at the NYPL! Check out the video here: http://on.nypl.org/15FwqnW

“Holt has a religious temperament, if not a religion, and he thinks the notion of God is a possible...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:19:40 -0400

“Holt has a religious temperament, if not a religion, and he thinks the notion of God is a possible explanation of the mystery of being rather than the reverse or the refusal of one…[He] is an expert juggler of the paradoxes that go with so many kinds of negation…the fun of his quest has to do not only with what he wants to know but with his eagerness for live dialogue.”

—Michael Wood, London Review of Books on Jim Holt’s Why Does the World Exist: An Existential Detective Story

Come see Holt LIVE with Daniel Dennett May 8! Tickets available at: http://www.showclix.com/event/DANIELDENNETTJIMHOLT

Check out our April 19 LIVE talk with William Gibson here !

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:08:00 -0400

Check out our April 19 LIVE talk with William Gibson here !

Join us LIVE May 8 with our special guests Daniel Dennett...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:39:09 -0400

Join us LIVE May 8 with our special guests Daniel Dennett (@danieldennett) and Jim Holt! Tickets available here !

“To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:02:58 -0400

“To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world” - Jim Holt

http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/02/07/ra-ra-riot-beta-love-william-gibson/

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:28:00 -0400

http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/02/07/ra-ra-riot-beta-love-william-gibson/:

Check out this article about our April 19th guest William Gibson! Tickets are available at: http://www.showclix.com/event/3736607 !